A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Luzinay comes in at 3.7%. The town’s 1,000 households held 2,416 residents at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manager or professional come to 19% in the town, about two in ten. One-person households are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Isère median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Luzinay
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 5% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Luzinay grew +12% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 75% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The median Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +7% and the next six +5%.
16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Luzinay 41.9. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.6%), Luzinay is below 72% of compared French towns. On top of that, with a median age of 41.9, Luzinay is younger than nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 36% of households are couples with children
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
With single-parent households at 5%, Luzinay is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. The average household has 2.4 people. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Households in social housing: 4.9%, a lower share than 87% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 14% of homes are flats here. On the census count, 1.3% of homes are second homes. Typically, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €32,160 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
At €32,160 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 92% of compared French towns. Some 5.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Luzinay ranks below 73% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 28%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Here 11% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, below 87% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in four fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up about one in 31 here (3.2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns, at 18%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The share of married residents is 51%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Luzinay sits below 85% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (13%)
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Luzinay has 41%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,416 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Luzinay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luzinay | 41.9 | 16% | 1.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Just-Chaleyssin 2,695 · 2 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 1.5% | 2.9% |
| Chaponnay 4,548 · 2.7 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 2.7% | 4.3% |
| Valencin 2,878 · 3.5 mi | 40.1 | 14% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu 4,616 · 4.4 mi | 44.7 | 19% | 1.3% | 4.8% |
| Toussieu 3,177 · 4.5 mi | 40.8 | 16% | 0.6% | 4% |
| Pont-Évêque 6,213 · 4.7 mi | 37.2 | 18% | 0.9% | 20% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Luzinay
What is the population of Luzinay?
2,416 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (2,157).
How old are Luzinay’s residents?
The median age is 41.9, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Luzinay?
14, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Luzinay?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Luzinay?
€32,160 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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